Ardmore
Townland in the civil parish of Muff, barony of Inishowen West, Co. Donegal
Parcel 4225500
- Area
- 256 m²
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Ardmore
Planning applications on this parcel
29 Aug 2025Conditional
(1) EXTENSION TO EXISTING CAR PARK AND (2) ERECTION OF A BUILDING FOR MULTI-USE ACTIVITY SPACE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561493
13 Mar 2020Conditional
(I) EXISTING STORAGE SHED (II) TIMBER CLAD CABIN USED AS TEAROOM BUILDING AND PERMISSION FOR (A) CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADDITIONAL STORAGE SHED (B) TOILET BLOCK STRUCTURE (C) PROVISION / INSTALLATION OF AN OFFICE CABIN INCORPORATING PERGOLA (D) CONTAINER TYPE TOILET BLOCK (E) NEW PERGOLA STRUCTURE ATTACHED TO TEAROOM WHICH IS SUBJECT TO RETENTION AT (II) ABOVE (F) 4 NO. FLOODLIGHTS TO EXISTING PITCH AND 2 NO. BALL STOP FENCES (G) 5 NO HARDSTANDS FOR PLACING OF FUTURE OUTDOOR EXERCISE EQUIPMENT (H) SIGNAGE OF VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING MAIN SERVICES LOCATED ON SITE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2050327
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 329.8 ha
- 815 acres
- Land parcels
- 230
- registered freehold, median 1,845 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 63
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
230 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardmore, from 73 m² to 644,925 m² (64.49 ha, 159.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 42 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ardmore in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
30 Jun 2026Conditional
RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF DETACHED GARAGE
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661200
27 Jun 2026N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO MAIN SEWER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661189
11 Jun 2026N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A GARDEN SHED (38M2)
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661070
9 Jun 2026Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING EQUIPMENT STORE, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A SYNTHETIC TURF PITCH ABUTTING EXISTING SYNTHETIC PITCH, (3) ERECTION OF FLOODLIGHTING TO PERIMETER OF PROPOSED PITCH, (4) ERECTION OF PERIMETER FENCING AND (5) RESURFACING OF EXISTING STONED AREA TO FORM A CARPARK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661049
5 May 2026Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE BLOCKS (PLANNING REF. NO. 04/304 REFERS) AND (2) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660800
15 Apr 2026N/a
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE BLOCKS (PLANNING REF. NO. 04/304 REFERS) AND (2) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660647
29 Jan 2026Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING 2 STOREY DWELLING HOUSE AND SINGLE STOREY DETACHED GARAGE AS PART OF THE DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKS (MICA) REMEDIATION SCHEME AND ERECTION OF A NEW 2 STOREY REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660117
11 Dec 2025N/a
PORTACABIN TO SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING PROVIDING A CHILD CARE ROOM WITH TOILET FACILITIES ANCILLARY TO EXISTING CHILDCARE FACILITIES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2562196
29 Aug 2025Conditional
(1) EXTENSION TO EXISTING CAR PARK AND (2) ERECTION OF A BUILDING FOR MULTI-USE ACTIVITY SPACE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561493
9 Aug 2025Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561369
21 Jul 2025N/a
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561245
14 Jun 2025Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF (1) A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO PROPOSED SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND (2) A STORAGE SHED AND STABLES FOR HOUSING PONIES
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561001
22 May 2025Conditional
ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DETACHED SELF-CONTAINED GRANNY FLAT WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT SERVING EXISTING DWELLING GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 03/5658 AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560823
3 Apr 2025Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTIVE DWELLING HOUSE, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE AND (3) INSTALLATION OF A TEMPORARY MOBILE HOME ON SITE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 2 homes · Donegal County Council, 2560489
3 Mar 2025Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A GRANNY ANNEX TO THE REAR OF EXISTING GARDEN
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560289
27 Feb 2025Conditional
DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING DETACHED MICA-AFFECTED 2 STOREY DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DETACHED 2 STOREY REPLACEMENT DWELLING ALONG WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560271
9 Feb 2025N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF GRANNY ANNEX TO THE REAR OF EXISTING GARDEN
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560153
5 Feb 2025Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF (1) 9 NO. SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES, (2) 8 NO. APARTMENTS AND (3) 4 NO. DUPLEX BLOCKS, 38 NO. UNITS IN TOTAL, TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND CONNECTION TO ALL PUBLIC SERVICES
Permission, 18 homes · Donegal County Council, 2560140
30 Jan 2025N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF GRANNY ANNEX TO THE REAR OF EXISTING GARDEN
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560106
24 Jan 2025N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF (1) 9 NO. SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES, (2) 8 NO. APARTMENTS, (3) 4 NO. DUPLEX BLOCKS (38 NO. UNITS IN TOTAL), TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS, AND CONNECTION TO ALL PUBLIC SERVICES
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560079
21 Jan 2025Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING 2 STOREY DETACHED DWELLING AND SINGLE STOREY DETACHED GARAGE WITH DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT 2 & 1/2 STOREY DETACHED DWELLING WITH CONNECTION OF WASTEWATER INTO EXISTING MAINS SEWER ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560059
16 Dec 2024Conditional
ELEVATIONAL ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING BUILDING AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL FIRST FLOOR OFFICES AND STORAGE AREA, ADDITIONAL ELEVATIONAL ALTERATIONS, SIGNAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2462081
20 Dec 2023Conditional
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED RENOVATION WORKS INCLUDING RAISING THE HEIGHT OF THE EXISTING FLOOR LEVEL AND ASSOCIATED EAVES AND RIDGE HEIGHTS, (2) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK, (3) PROPOSED CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351951
6 Nov 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE DETACHED GARAGE
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351684
24 May 2023N/a
ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY GARAGE AT EXISTING DWELLING
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350725
The 25 most recent of 63 applications.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Protection Area: Lough Foyle SPA 004087
Recorded monuments
- DG039-008 Ringfort - rath
Description
Internal diam. 36m. An almost circular area enclosed by a massive earthen bank up to 2m high on its S side. It is less impressive on the N side. There are three breaks on the NE side either of two of which could have been an entrance. It is situated on high ground overlooking a rich fertile valley and Lough Fayle. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
- DG039-009 Standing stone
Description
A standing stone 2.25m high × 1m wide × c. .6m thick; NE-SW. The SE face has numerous cupmarks, cup-and-circle(s) motifs, a cup-and-three circles with radial line and a spiral. There is also a single cup-mark on the NE side. Situated on pasture land on a ridge overlooking Lough Foyle. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
- DG039-009001 Rock art
Description
A standing stone (DG039-009-). The SE face has numerous cup-marks, cup-and-circle-motifs, a cup and three circles with radial line and a spiral. There is also a single cup-mark on the NE side. Situated on pasture land on a ridge overlooking Lough Foyle. The above description was published in the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). Date of upload: 30 may 2010
- DG039-010 Standing stone
Description
The 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map notes a 'Standing Stone' here. The 3rd edition marks it as 'Standing Stone (site of)'. There are no visible remains. Situated on level pasture land close to the shore of Lough Foyle. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
- DG039-011 Standing stone
Description
The 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map notes a 'Standing Stone' here. The 3rd edition marks it as 'Standing Stone (site of)'. There are no visible remains. Situated on level pasture land close to the shore of Lough Foyle. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Ardmore, Muff6 sales
The townland
- Name
- Ardmore
- Area
- 3,297,570 m² (329.76 ha, 814.85 acres)
- Civil parish
- Muff, and its townlands
- Barony
- Inishowen West
- Electoral division
- Kilderry, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carnamoyle, Drumskellan, Eskaheen, Muff
- Placenames
- Ardmore on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.